Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, November 8, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena
The Spot · MNMT2
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 30-20.
Goals came from Brandon Duhaime, Emil Lilleberg, Jake Guentzel, John Carlson and Brandon Hagel.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 17 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Duhaime (1)Ethen Frank (2), Nic Dowd (3)1–004:06 WSH
Emil Lilleberg (1)Jake Guentzel (9), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (3)1–106:07 TBL
Jake Guentzel (6)Victor Hedman (12), Brandon Hagel (7)1–215:09 TBL · PPG
2nd period
John Carlson (4)Unassisted2–217:08 WSH
3rd period
Brandon Hagel (7)Dominic James (3), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (4)2–308:42 TBL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 WSH
1st 4:06 · Duhaime
Girgensons 0:27
1–1 TBL
1st 6:07 · Lilleberg
Leonard 0:43
1–2 TBL
1st 15:09 · PP · Guentzel
van Riemsdyk 0:28
2–2 WSH
2nd 17:08 · Carlson
Hagel 0:57
2–3 TBL
3rd 8:42 · Hagel
Strome 0:39
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 11:07
Emil Lilleberg · hooking2 min - 1st 13:59
Aliaksei Protas · high sticking2 min - 2nd 16:49Ryan Leonard · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:49Jack Finley · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:12Victor Hedman · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:12Tom Wilson · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 18:22John Carlson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:44Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 20:00Jakob Chychrun · fighting5 min
- 3rd 20:00Erik Cernak · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Brandon DuhaimeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:06 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 53Ethen FrankC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 9Ryan LeonardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 19:18 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 34Justin SourdifR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:31 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 72Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:08 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:58 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48Logan ThompsonG | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 57:54 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 38Brandon HagelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:18 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:31 |
| 51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 17Dominic JamesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 78Emil LillebergD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:06 |
| 22Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 29Pontus HolmbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 62Jack FinleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:34 |
| 93Gage GoncalvesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:19 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 90J.J. MoserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 30 | 29 | 2 | .967 | 59:34 |